NEW YORK, June 2 LA-flouride-mandate
NEW YORK, June 2 LA-flouride-mandate
NEW YORK, June 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ignoring scientific evidence of harm, the Louisiana State Senate passed a fluoridation mandate bill which, if approved by the House, will require fluoride chemicals be added to most of Louisiana's public water supplies, ostensibly to reduce tooth decay. (The Advocate, 5/29/08)
However, a 2006 review of fluoride toxicology literature conducted by the prestigious National Research Council (NRC) reveals that ingested fluoride, even at low levels used for fluoridation, poses risks to infants, diabetics, kidney patients, high water drinkers and those with low thyroid function. Many cities are stopping fluoridation.
"Sadly, fluoridation proponents orchestrated and paid for a slick but inaccurate PR campaign. As a result legislators have only heard one side of the story," says Paul Connett, PhD, Executive Director, Fluoride Action Network.
Connett urges Louisianan's to contact their House representatives to stop the money-wasting fluoridation mandate at http://la.fluoridealert.org , or call their representative at 225-342-6945.
With American Dental Association funding, the Louisiana Dental Association (LDA) hired public relations and lobbying firms to promote fluoridation, according to the Journal of the Louisiana Dental Association (Winter 2007).
In October 2007, the National Kidney Foundation withdrew its position paper on fluoridation to re-evaluate available literature. Yet, they are listed under Louisiana's "Healthy Smiles Coalition" as favoring fluoridation.
"Fluoridation proponents always pull out a dubious laundry list of supporters - virtually none of which have revisited their position since the groundbreaking NRC report was published," says Connett.
"Despite 60 years of fluoridation, no U.S. research has ever studied fluoridation's effect on many disorders such as arthritis, underactive thyroid, children's lower IQ and bone fractures, or Alzheimer's disease," says Connett.
The NRC reports babies are fluoride-overdosed and risk dental fluorosis (discolored teeth) from "optimal" fluoridation levels (approximately 1 part per million). Consequently, both the American Dental Association and the Centers for Disease Control advise against mixing formula with fluoridated water.
"Fluoridated water is actually 250 times higher than the level in mothers' milk (0.004 ppm)," says Connett. "Parents who bottle feed their babies using fluoridated tap water will dose their babies with 250 times more fluoride than nature intended."
Over 1,700 professionals urge Congress to stop water fluoridation and conduct hearings, citing the new scientific evidence that fluoridation is ineffective and has serious health risks. See statement: http://www.fluorideaction.org/statement.august.2007.html
NEW YORK, June 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ignoring scientific evidence of harm, the Louisiana State Senate passed a fluoridation mandate bill which, if approved by the House, will require fluoride chemicals be added to most of Louisiana's public water supplies, ostensibly to reduce tooth decay. (The Advocate, 5/29/08)
However, a 2006 review of fluoride toxicology literature conducted by the prestigious National Research Council (NRC) reveals that ingested fluoride, even at low levels used for fluoridation, poses risks to infants, diabetics, kidney patients, high water drinkers and those with low thyroid function. Many cities are stopping fluoridation.
"Sadly, fluoridation proponents orchestrated and paid for a slick but inaccurate PR campaign. As a result legislators have only heard one side of the story," says Paul Connett, PhD, Executive Director, Fluoride Action Network.
Connett urges Louisianan's to contact their House representatives to stop the money-wasting fluoridation mandate at http://la.fluoridealert.org , or call their representative at 225-342-6945.
With American Dental Association funding, the Louisiana Dental Association (LDA) hired public relations and lobbying firms to promote fluoridation, according to the Journal of the Louisiana Dental Association (Winter 2007).
In October 2007, the National Kidney Foundation withdrew its position paper on fluoridation to re-evaluate available literature. Yet, they are listed under Louisiana's "Healthy Smiles Coalition" as favoring fluoridation.
"Fluoridation proponents always pull out a dubious laundry list of supporters - virtually none of which have revisited their position since the groundbreaking NRC report was published," says Connett.
"Despite 60 years of fluoridation, no U.S. research has ever studied fluoridation's effect on many disorders such as arthritis, underactive thyroid, children's lower IQ and bone fractures, or Alzheimer's disease," says Connett.
The NRC reports babies are fluoride-overdosed and risk dental fluorosis (discolored teeth) from "optimal" fluoridation levels (approximately 1 part per million). Consequently, both the American Dental Association and the Centers for Disease Control advise against mixing formula with fluoridated water.
"Fluoridated water is actually 250 times higher than the level in mothers' milk (0.004 ppm)," says Connett. "Parents who bottle feed their babies using fluoridated tap water will dose their babies with 250 times more fluoride than nature intended."
Over 1,700 professionals urge Congress to stop water fluoridation and conduct hearings, citing the new scientific evidence that fluoridation is ineffective and has serious health risks. See statement: http://www.fluorideaction.org/statement.august.2007.html
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The LA fluoridation mandate bill may now go into the hands of a Conference Committee after the Senate rejected the House's amendments.
The Louisiana Senate yesterday (6/17) extensively debated whether there was sufficient evidence to ban hand-held cell phones while driving because there wasn't enough evidence that it causes accidents.
However, there is NO evidence that any Louisiana child or adult is fluoride-deficient, yet the Senators didn't utter a peep about the issue. I assume it's because they don't really understand it and don't want to look foolish asking a question they don't already know the answer to. Or maybe they don't care to hear the truth.
The truth is that since fluoride is neither a nutrient nor essential for healthy teeth, there is no fluoride-deficiency illness.
When fluoridation mandate bills are presented to legislators, I believe all they hear is blah, blah, blah; but what they see is dollars signs - representatives of organizations with loads of PAC money, potential $peaking engagements, photo ops, etc.
So passing this bill without constituent knowledge helps the dentists as well as the legislators but not their constituents.
The reality is that dentists need to be mandated to actually treat low-income people or allow other groups to do so because Americans are dying from untreated tooth decay.
However, there's no special interest group approaching our legislators to require that. Only organized dentistry working the system for its' own benefit
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